The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-23 00:00:00

LI FERARY REVIEW. A LETTER to ALL THE PROPRIETORS' of DR7RY kNat Ttin ‘TIVE (esceptin._: PE rEtt MOOT E, El,. and eqters wh.i are, '3i' I , llVie peen, concerned in the Manage :meta th , creof); hying. a Commentary on certain parts of an anonymous Pamphlet, called c 4 A Brief Review of the Sea son at the Theatre Ro:,111, Drury-lane, &c. &e. &T." and a conclusive Detection of the Author, by SA MUEL JAMES ARNOLD, Esq. a Proprietor. Also, a LETTER, relatice to the Subject, front tite hate SAMUEL WHITBR F. A 13, Esti. M P. &c. " The Vinplom swarms with sneh onlohors of felonious trturtlecorA, .and rolillers of private chavarter and virtue; that Itst tioneSt or tood man is safe ospecially :is theso conartily La-c assainins stall itt the sysithlott Iravingt lit vim rage to aitzti their real attars:'—Draper's teams to Jxreilte, Le w 1, col. A. We previously noticed this l'amplilet because the Anthot of it has been exposed to severe ani madversions on his character. and conduct chitin Iris Management of Drury-Lane Theatre. We tape n© part in the question ourselves, heartily wishing well to the Theatre, without sacrificing our duty to the Public, and being anxious tct rea ler justice to all parties. The Author holds a re spectable rank in society, and is, we understand, lagilly respected for kindness, liberality, and justice, by all who have been under his con troul as Manager, botb of tortur3r-Lattc rota tre and his own. The *fairs of Dairy-Lane Theatre hare (tulip:4l6ly been too atsondautly eiit:clused for us to be accused of giving them ittereasell publicity by the following extract front ti , e walk before os. ‘Ve most, however, disagree 'milli the Author in deeming the reduction of Prices of mittiksiten impolitic, as Uve c(ous.itits• it as a pi utiesit coraSlMe in itself - , as weal as z latitiablt elinformity to the p'essure cf the tittles, " 1 twow come to their master-stroke ! To ci,lat f a st r e tuge nt" despair, vrhich has given the deci sive blow to their fate, •atiri revolntioniced the Titentre—rtit Qt titYUCTV(3,N 02 TH I' tilt; F$ . HOW are tire mighty fallen! reduced, avowedly reduced, to a t•ompetiticon with the Minor Theatres its 1 experiment to draw the Public from the Nlinor Theatres ami pZares of inferior entertainment, which the Patent Theaters have not ile themselves the power tif suppressing *.' " in justification of this desperate measure, they compare the receipts of six years, when the prices were Gs. To Tilt taoxes, against the six last years, when the boxes we e 7s. 44 obsvtve this iiistification—they prove that during the six years at 6s. the average rec,ipt was 267(. anti a ftactioci tier night ; and that during- the List six years at 7s. the average receipt was VII. and a fraction per night ; leav ing certainly a very small halance iu favolir of the 7s. (i. e. 4t pet night), but still it is a taJlarice in favour, goes diz4etly to prove the contrary to that which their present policy of reducing the prices vroiild tits lit.tin " Anil iiiwv do they reduce the prices ? " gt•cause lecs motley was actually taken at fi , e titjti at 7A., tiley determine that more must be uk e ,s, R ii(i sn rceittce die adniksioit to :surely, it ever fallacy tvas conspicuous in a caoritiSioh, this is ntost obviously fallacious ! What ! Breause less ti-,oney wAS taken at ,6s. titan as 7s. more triit he taken at. .55.! Well, this one would imagine Wits; carrying a false calculation far etvoi t tie ; but not satisfied with itsaking this blessed experiment on the boxes ooly, they must weds Herod, and knock of 6(1, 'tro ut the rice. of admission to the pit ! thus reducing tf oßt kr wee that' it ltas Crer ()Ceti tiltCe the first tat/tiding of the old Theatre ! " Aa some apology for this outrageous mem sure they next otert, that it is adopted Q itl Obt ttieitce to lbe wishes of the ptchiic !' How dare stay man utter Midis a libel on the,lilierality of the public 111110 are the public here nam ed ? How, and where, have the public ex pressed any such wish ? Iti point of tact, the public have deciarcd the contrary E they GAYE --they ACCORDED (trOittOtddly god foritially),tliose prices which contiOne to he received Coven t- Eiardeti Theatre ! and that they pay them now cheetfully, is heaved by Ike Oital contrast exhibit ed Siy full benches nightly at the one !louse, Where they ACC ttkett, wit/ by (too coustatilly?, desolate nakedness at the other ! Fitt query ? was twat x i‘tetit hope indulged by the projector tit this sophism (this modern M Arti ; this ex emplifier of the practical lenthat) , the a SeCOmi edition of the disgracefut U.l.° riots of l RO3 would ruin the rural Theatre, and force the public to wit ness the mutilated exhibitions is; Drury- Line ? If so, bow hitter roust hare been tint disappoint:tient! [tow just ! how turrited! Coveitt-6,ardett is now essalilished as the first Theatre, and poor old Diury is degraded to • a cortipetitiou with the iqinur Theatres " How some of the clear-beaded and Geottemett, who't tiallleS are gives* as haviitg attemled the Getterat Committee who sancliotted t4is ruin:riots aoti ilegradittg measure ; /amongst whorti 1 read the names of sante men kititwo aud .irlistowiedged as ret-sotts of sottud Surl;s9trtit and foresight ;--Iris such men cottl4 stiffer thetuselyes to he SO s!raugely duped iwo a hasty acid despe rate decision, is to in utterly ii comp Bit this is trot all. Let tiff, it you please, make a fairer estimate on this subject.—Do clot let theta huddle together in a lump the three first of the last six years, with those that followed the dis astrous loss of Nlr.'Whitbread. Let us separate the grain trout the chaff, arid then look to the En the three first sealotts (commeticitta with titer of 1812-13, All7l encliitg wig' that of 1814-15 11. S Committee Report in the J?ri.:( !Jeri, t e, pay e t s.r Torton, Lord Y.irmouth, MC. Wllson, Mr. trenfell, Co!. thm , •lai, Mr. Cox, Nit'. 11 oire. Sir Thomas `Fulton candidly ileelaveci, RS i understood him, at a late A,tembly of the Proprietor.:, ,that tiffs opinion w•is agairi:t the reduction of the prices. Lord Yarmouth. as is recorded, moved that the measure •diutild ire" bulniiitted to the General Assembly of the i'voprictorx," and this correct, res;iret 'awl precautionary tuotion, was " with cai i lliviirurt," with boxes at 75,), it will be found admitted by their own account, that the average nightly receipt was 3191. and a fraction. Place this against the average of the former six years at 6s. when the receipt was 2671. per night, anti it will be found that the rec eipt was better at the 7s. by no less, a stun than 52/. per nigyt, or 11,4401. per 8411111141 —Thew tak.el.the last/three years of the present Theatre, under the improved, experimental, ma-' nagements, and you will find their receipts were 222/. and a fraction only, which makes their re ceipts worse by 451: per night than the average of the former six years ! " Thus it appears then that the receipts, dur ing the three years that I had the honour to manage the Theatre, averaged 3191. odd p er night ; and during . the ,three years which have been snbiert to the controul of onprolessional, Gentlemen, the average was stink to 222t.0dd; mind even here, accomding to their calculation, you will find a stupentions (him-fence of 319-222-971. per night (i. e. 21,3401. per annum)* hi the income of your Theatre, between a regular and systema tical management, anti the direction of experi mentalists tl—Mter all, with this glaring fact before their eyes—with their owes calculations staring them its the face—the products of the two tllßilagentelitS are (not very decently or hottestly),. lumped in time scale to prove, not merely a nega tive, a fiat contradiction to their own argu ments!! I have already s . liewn you, that during the last three years of experimental management your receipts have fallen off, by their own ac-, cctire, 21,3401. per annum from the three preced ing ! in fact, they have fallen of above 25 ,(1001. per annum ; brit then a Pamphleteer tells you, that 11-. Peter Moore has re344leed the expcodi ture upwards of 27.00-W. per 4141111111 I 1 shall spew you presently, in treating that part of the subject, how dating an imposition is attempted to be practised upon you, by this grossly false assertion." ° 041 4?.i3 t I take their own fi;ures as stated an the Report. It will SlieWll,preseta;y, however, th4t their reovip-s, by x Iliii lakv, .are tittitecstated; as, ii stead Of 3191. Cary wece actually ab.out pet - itighi. LONDON JOURNALS. FIIOM THE MORNING PAPEPS OF THIS DAY. Ellornin g Herald.] THE ROYAL FAMILY. The Prince ilegent's carriages were ordered to readiness at eleven o'clock, yesterday $llOll - to convey his Royal Highness and suite to Windsor Castle but at One o'clock the order was count, Tut 4 tided, and his Royal Highness <lid not leave town. The Princess Augusta will remove from Wind sor L.:estle, to Frogmore, en the course of a few clays, where sf►e will take op her permanent re si►lence ; and the Ductless of, +Gloucester will re side there, wilt her Royal sister, till the return of the Duke front the Continent. A huge quantity of silks, ecnusisti►ig of upwards of 300 pieces, part of her late Majesty'i wardrobe, were removed from the Castle to Frogmore, last week. _ The Princess Sophia will reside at the Lower Lodge in NVitnisor Park. The whole of the for mer estahlisliments there have been discharged, to make COOM for that of her Royal Highness, and it is expected she will take op her residence there, in the course of the following week. The whole of the carriages and horses of the late Queen will shortly besot(' by public auction. The h.es were brought to town, from Windsor, ott Monday, and workmen are stow employed in obliterating the (loyal AVMs, on the paunch of the carriages, previous to the sale. The late Queen left her snit of garnets only to the Dowager Queen of Wirtemberg, because garnets are the only precious stones that can be %emit with deep mourning, which the Dowager Queen is resolved to wear for lite. All her other diamonds she left to be divided among the other four Princesses, equally. /ler fine wardrobe, said to be of immense value, she ,has left to Madame Beckendorif. [Morning Post.] SPAIN. We were enabled on Monday to state most po sitively, that 140 information had 'been received to sanction the alarming accounts from Spain with which some cat our Copenzporaries had thooght proper to imuse their Iteadvcs. have now to add, that advices of the 7th instant from Ma. , dri.d have since been received, at which 'hue every thing remained perfectly tranquil. The Royal Fattii!y and the aritish Alnhassador cootioned tea reside at Madrid, where not tyro a rumour evist ed to countenance the reports that have been circulated in this country. /t it true, as we have stilted, that bands of banditti infest some of the roads 7ind commit depredations, but no other power than that of the Police had been employed to subdue ti a lawhe•;s ruffians, who we have reason to helieve have long ere this been either dispersed or brought to justice. [The Timeg SPAIN. .onr opinion respecting the ruts oureti occur rences at Madrid proves 'correct. The same Paper I.vhich originated the reports, now acknowledges that 4 ' uninterrupted tranquillity has prevailed in that capital ; that the King has not fled to the Escorial, but is gnietly waiting the accouchement of the Queen, at Madrid ; and that there also Sir Henry Wellesley, the British Ambassador, (Ivo tinkles to reside." It is diflicolt, in a case echere one possesses no documents, to oppoF , inductive reasoning to positive assertion, ci titliSlag to rest on authority; yet, in this case. we appear to have argued not unsuccessfully; and our Readers May, a t l east, a d m i t i t a s ;, proof of the caution with w hi c h we genet o v adopt or listen to reports, of the truth of wh;ch we have ourselves no satisfac tory evidence- Large bodies of armed men— banditt; they arc called in the private letters—are s aid t. assemble in greater numbers than hitherto i a the mountains, to make descents from thence upon the towns And villages, and to lay (he'll tin der contribution. ~, Slit SAMUEL ROMILLY. (From a Correspondent j—The Will of t hi s muc h _ re ,, retted iuclicizlual, whetter cousidetcd as a lawyer or politician, must, from his character and attainments, he a subject of interest to the greater paKt of those who think or feel. He made a Will, (Wed 19th August, 1815, by which he constituted Lady ll,omilly ;sole executrix. TO this Will, at different times, he added 11 codicils, the contents of which run to a- considerable length. It is, per haps, curious ',to observe what was the state of .m:41(1 of so eminent and prosperous a man, who in a codicil of Oct, 9", 1818, (so short a time pre vious to his death !) wrote as follows : " t am at the present moment of perfectly sound mind, and in full possession of all my facultiesf; but I um labouring under a most severe affliction, and I cannot recollect that in sanity is amongst the evils which mental afflictions sometimes produce, without observing to myself tnat that unhappy lot may possibly at SOlift time be mine. 111 ever should become insane (which God forbid), it is my earnest wish that while I continue its that state, the following bounties may be paid to different relations out of my income, during my life, and may be considered as part of the expenditure which I certainly should have made if I had continued capably of managing my own affairs :—To my brother 1501. a-year r and to my nephew, Peter Itoget, 1501. a-year." There is also a great variety of remembrances to relations and friends. There are settlements and discharges of debts. The personals are proved not beyond 60,0001. There are some estates in Cilattrorganshire and elsewhere (Warwickhire, we believe), which go to his descendants. By parti cular bequests he has left 10,0001. to his eldest daughter on her marriage. He gives an allowance to bis eldest son of 4001. a year at College, inde pendently of the allowance to a private tutor. He mentions in the papers lie has left behind him, that he has, at leisure moments, occupied his tithe in writing what concerned Isis life during the last twelve years, to the extent of three vo lumes, with a view to the instructive perusal of them by his children. Mr. John Whisliaw is his executor. He has left, besides, some fragments, or materials, as he expresses it, on the criminal laws, which will, no doubt, one day see the light. On this subject he remarks, that lie is well aware that many obiections may be made to his 'opinions and sieves, but of them he is regard less, being convinced of their usefulness to the community; and he further recommends to Mr. Whishaw to select for publication such parts of his ideas as may be fit to publish, or, ire case of his declining to ito so, to put them under the ,judgment of Mr. Brougham, of whom he speaks in high terms. He states his intention to bring up his male offspring to his own profession at the bar, or else to commercial pursuits, in which lat ter case he should have consulted, himself, oith his foiends, Mr. Baring and Mr. Shairpe ; and be thinks that, in addition to the expence of the children's education, the sum of 60001. to each is sailicient 'to enable them to embark in trading concerns. He also recommends them to connect themselves with respectable commercial houses, let tireference tO a junction with speculative ones. In the awful view he entertained of possible insa nity,, he mentions i the Marquis of Lanstlowts and Mr. LiThishaw as iris committee.----(Bid.) [Mornin g eizronicie.] We hasten to correct a material error in the re port of the trial, Vaughan v. Smith, for cries. con. The name of Mr. Knyvett, the respectable Mu sical Professor, was called as a witness; but Mr. Serjeant Copley said that Cellar Mail could only prove what Mr. and Mrs. Greatorex had already done, and therefore neither Mr. Knyvett nor either of his on was examined. By the mistake of the name being called, however, the evidence given by Mr. Thomas Potts was set down as that of Mr. Knyvett. Mr. Potts swore that be lives at Turnham-green, and that Mr. Smith and MTS. Vangisan lived together at his house as 41.1211 and wife, he believing them to be 30. This was most erroneously ascribed to Mr. Knyvett. We know his irreproachable character well, and we have his own authority for stating, that Mrs. Vaughan has not been in his house for the last five years, and that Mr. Smith was never there but once. We intreat such of our brother Editors as may have copied this mistake of our reporter, to correct the error in justice to Mr. Knyvett. AWFUL VISITATIONS. Lord Clifford's Groom died suddenly in his bed at the :Manchester Arms, Adams -street, Baker st reet, 'On Monday. Ile had only arrived in Lon don the preceding day. On Monday night last, James Lewis, of Well street, Hackney, just after conversing with a friend, dropped down in his apartment, and in crawly expired.—The same day, Mrs..JaneWright, of Shovediteh, near the church, was found dead in her bed ; she went to hed the preceding night in good health and spirits, tatter eating a hearty sup per._ Yesterday, an elderly man was walking no Berner's-street, Oxford•street, and while itr the act of talking to some friend, he suddenly yell 4)11 his face. lie was raised up, and was quite biack in the face, and blood issued in a seam from his mouth ; he inimedntoely expired. Upon inquiry it twat, found that the iyers ,- .,t's name was Goring. tie WaS carried to M IdOleSeX Hospital, for an in quest to he held on the body. Olt Saturday morning last, JOHN RING, ESC!. 61 the towo of Windsor, who was invited by some trien44 In 14011(10f1 to spend a short time with; ti,:tn, booked himself for a place in the Windsor stage•coach, for that purpose. He took his seat in the coach at the appointed time, and was yet y inculac with his fellow passengers until their arrival at Hamtnerstnith, when the stage stop ped at the Hop-pole Tavern, when he was seized ttiitlt a shivering all over his hotly, and lost all power. lie was put to bed, and surgical assist atiCe rt'Oetit ed ; but although every kind assistance was affolded him, lie died in a very short time at ierwards.—An Inquest was held on his body yes terday morning. Verdict.---" tied by the visita tion of God." ROBBERY 0E Tut: N OSoR COACH .—Llst night, owing to the dense fog, the NVindsot coach was lobbed. The thieves connived to cut an opening in. the boot behind, And s tole every parcel it contetinetl. It is supposed to have been done between Liouttsloni and TurnhAtn-green. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Fern's:Ned Last Night. THEATRE itnynt., Ditons , LANc.-07th time), Brutus: Li t ; cius Junius, Mr. K ea n ; Tarquitiia, Mrs. W. West. At te which, Past Ten u'Clock, and a Rainy Night. THEATRE ROYAL, CovENT-GAitoENT.The Rivals: Sir Afi thouy Absolute, Mr. W. Farten ; Lydia Languish, Mi ss Bruutou. After which, Theikritic. TO CORTLESPONDENTS. CHESTER NIEETING,—ROXB t 'AG CLUB,—and STACIiIioViEF To-Euorrow. *. Fur ALUERT, see the First Page.—For Pitovigao JuuaNaLs, see the Last Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT rwEINE Lect.octr. Bank 5t0ck....... 211 .2681 I Irish 5 per Cent. ..... ...• I°6 S per Cent. Red . . 77i India Brands— ... 78s. 765. P r ' 3} per Cent Bhp Exch. Bills, 2d....95. 16 .6 . 4 per Cents. . 5 ref Cent. 1797........108i Cons. for AccuunL.......7 311 Bank L. Ann..l9 15- Wills eU E. EYTOS, St C wk-Broker, Old State Late l r Prid'art, and Lumbaral-strat- MAILS. Amu vsa Malta. Due-1 Gueroseyaad Jersey, I Slredg i b I alaluburgit, 1 Lisboa. HIGH WATER AT LONDON MUDGE 'l'o .m Morning, 43 minutes after 10. 1 Eveuiug, 13 en/flutes af)er 11' THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEEtE FALSUM AUDEAV ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, ISIS. We have just heard, from a quarter ora uLi we are disposed to tely, that A It/Esc:mit is for mediate& to be issutd, SIGNED by sbe &opera° of RU ssi A and AUSTIAIA, and the King of &mot*, es pe cling the late Plot at St. Helena. Why not to be signed also by tile Sovereign ofthe Or? tish Empire, we know not ; but the reason Fro" bably is, that this impoitant Document as .ti 3 issbeci in consequence of a reference to those ro" teatates from our Goverument upon the strifila in questinu. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECIL LLOYD'S, Doc. 23.—Arriced the - l(es 1, Erato Baltimore; and by her we have rece4ed tlko l'aeswENT'S Speech to Congress. it is extremelf long, and it is only possible to semi the 'substance- After congratulating Congress on the ebtaulafig harvest, he speaks as follows, se regardiog argot Britain : " As the terms limited for the operations of IV Commercial Convention with Great Britain ssil l expire in July next, and it was deemed ir3t iorto that there should be no interval, during which - 0 4 portion of our commerce which was provided ifor by that Convention should not be reprieve& either by arrangement between two Govern me sib or by the authority of Congress, the Mitist er 4 6 United States at London was instructed , early in vl O last summer to invite the attention of the Britiik Government to the subject. He was instruotal to propose also, that the negociation which it was wished to open might extend to time geoef 4 commerce of the two .countries, and to eve other interest and unsettled differences betvi' 4s e° them ; particularly those relating to itnpressmea t o the fisheries, and boundaries, in the hope :Oates arrangement might be made on principles of reel' procal advantage, which might comprehend Ira provide in a satisfactory manner loran these IWO concerns, " I have the satisfaction to state, that the pre' posai was received by the British Govvrnin-elit 111 the spit t which prompted it, and that a iiegocior (ion has been opened in Loudon, embracing 41 these ohjeets:' The Speech then states, that previous to (Te nr lug tile oegociation, it was agreed that the CO"' vention should continue for a term of 410 t than eight years. The Speech enters at considerable length if ll4* its affairs with Spaiu, which we have not tieri:e ld give ; it however observes, that they revar til nearly in the same state as at the close of the 'ba it Session. ; With respect to Messrs. ARBUTHNOT and A Pt- ERISTLE, it observes a 3 follows: " Copies of the Instructions to the Connurfi ll ' log General of his Correspondence with the Sc" erctary of War, explaining his ( - notices and iust i " . Eying his conduct, with a Copy of the Proceeding; of the Courts Martial on the Trial of ARDirrorrof and Amantsrly., and of the Correspondence be, t‘veen the Secretary of State and the Ministile Plenipotentiary of Spain, near this Govertnntlit.; and of the Minister ;Plenipotentiary of the'llu il4 States at Madrid with the Govetbutent cif SPsitil' will he laid before Congress." The Speech then observes, that its Com tnis ; sioners have returned from South .4.m.erics, a" the observations they have made, regarding tb : war between Spain and the Patriots, w ill be L4l— Coligrest=. It huller observes, that 48 no pr Tiart e , The 4rt, t s; Vrnu ce on the ou r Na Chai Inorni f The Colitm by the f ar iroi ettle t all clai tritist rurn ot , A le °U►' GI a k inc' OWne r The ognis Cons( ) and Al Letter We the G, Caslti t In Sal t lition t oill tu PRO of the 3 t Ti Urig ar ilasser in tOrCi • eut th e f, passed "I'li t title a T 11( aed c Chan; they N Which if the any al •d. It purpt ) Z ihcai 'w e p 111,011 Ellice, ti on that { 4 l t tlenie 14 Pon t o et tiretn st art , biw a sist t d tita n ,. i'lvas 811 1011 11; e c tits;;), 8 S V larg e ilYite P ITT had i liVe ftroc and to co th e fi focst th e u aint 1 duce duity aupp 6brol laws Field I'ACI in it! his iti ,", loth btkre ICltv